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Cool Gewehr 98 sniper photograph

Warrior1354

Warrior1354

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Was following this auction on eBay, and thought you guys would enjoy seeing this. This particular photograph went for good money, but it's not very often you find original photographs showing Gew98 snipers either. I actually kind of like the guy in the middle with the old Gew88, and the older style pouches. All very cool. Someday I hope to find an original sniper for my own collection.

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Cool pic-- There was a neat one with voigtlander optics a month or two ago. Nice to find them with good view of the rifles-- and this one Bavarian to boot.
 
Warrior1354 said:
Was following this auction on eBay, and thought you guys would enjoy seeing this. This particular photograph went for good money, but it's not very often you find original photographs showing Gew98 snipers either. I actually kind of like the guy in the middle with the old Gew88, and the older style pouches. All very cool. Someday I hope to find an original sniper for my own collection.

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This is cool. I can’t see what type of scope that is.The rifle doesn’t look to have had the stock relieved for the bolt handle. Both scopes and mounts look the same with a strange appendage on top of the front ring.
 
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biggymu said:
This is cool. I can’t see what type of scope that is.The rifle doesn’t look to have had the stock relieved for the bolt handle. Both scopes and mounts look the same with a strange appendage on top of the front ring.
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Not all snipers had the bolt cutout
 
chrisftk said:
Not all snipers had the bolt cutout
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I know most of the early sniper conversions did not have the stock relieved. I thought it curious both rifles were using the same type of scope/mount combinations and bolt/stock configurations. I was commenting mostly on never seeing that type of scope and mount mostly. Must have been very early.
 
hale1940 said:
At what level a sniper like that have been made? And was the bolt cutout not a standardized requirement?
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Generally, the conversions were done by the optics companies. The rifles were provided by the arsenal/producers. To memory, the cutout was not required early on Prussian ones, nor were the n block WMO snipers given one. Bavarian ones (as seen above) were also without them in some cases. Wolfgang can probably speak to this more than my ramblings.

biggymu said:
I know most of the early sniper conversions did not have the stock relieved. I thought it curious both rifles were using the same type of scope/mount combinations and bolt/stock configurations. I was commenting mostly on never seeing that type of scope and mount mostly. Must have been very early.
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That's a good guess. If these guys were the same unit it's quite possible they received rifles from the same source-- hence the same mounts.
 
Warrior1354 said:
Was following this auction on eBay, and thought you guys would enjoy seeing this. This particular photograph went for good money, but it's not very often you find original photographs showing Gew98 snipers either. I actually kind of like the guy in the middle with the old Gew88, and the older style pouches. All very cool. Someday I hope to find an original sniper for my own collection.

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Great photo Jordan. I'm not really big into collecting photos but I do have some photos. I got this back in 2019 I believe.
 

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Great stuff in this thread. 8 Gew98 sniper rifles in one picture! The center rifles in each group look to have double set triggers and modified stocks ( pistol grip and cheek pieces?) The rear sights on those 2 also don’t look like military issue.
 
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Just an observation. After viewing quite a few commercial Mauser set trigger assemblies, I have not noticed any drilled for a sling mount as the rifles are in the picture. They are a different trigger housing completely. This could help separate a genuine early sniper rifle from a “post war sporter”. A Polish rifle recently posted by a new member has such a trigger assembly.
Thoughts?
 

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Warrior1354 said:
Thank you Georg, but not as cool as that Gewehr your helping me with!
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Well I see this opposite, but that might be personal preference :D .

PS: I need to correct my above post. It is more than just one Goerz Single Claw sniper rifle. So rifles not rifle.

PPS: I posted pictures of scopes for the Goerz Single Claw scope back in 2019 here: https://www.k98kforum.com/threads/goerz-single-claw-scopes.34748/

Edit: did someone else notice it seems middle guy and right guy seem to carry the scope pouch on the belt, whereas the middle guy in the picture seems to hold a scopeless rifle? Seems for the picture he borrowed his rifle to the guy on the left!
 
motojosh said:
Really great photos here, a few of mine.

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Funnily this is also a Goerz Single Claw sniper rifle. Note background top on the trench the scope pouch to the rifle.

biggymu said:
Interesting to see so many different mounts. What is going on with this front one? 6 rivets/screws?
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Five screws for the base side plate and one for lateral adjustment of the base, it has a moving middle part. Detail pictures of such a rifle to be found here: https://collections.royalarmouries.org/object/rac-object-276675.html
 
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